ով
See also: -ով
Armenian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Armenian ով (ov).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /ov/, [ov]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /ov/, [ov]
Audio (Eastern Armenian): (file)
Pronoun
ով • (ov)
Usage notes
Although the relative pronoun որ (or) can be used when referring to both people and things, in recent times it has become common to use ով in place of it when referring to people due to hypercorrection (e.g., “Լևոնը, ով իմ ընկերն է” instead of “Լևոնը, որ իմ ընկերն է”, to express “Levon, who is my friend”)․
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | ով (ov) |
| genitive | ում (um) |
| dative | ում (um) |
| accusative | ում (um) |
| ablative | ումից (umicʻ) |
| instrumental | ումով (umov) |
| locative | — |
Related terms
- ովքեր (ovkʻer)
- ովևէ (ovewē)
- ովևիցե (ovewicʻe)
Interjection
ով • (ov)
- O (vocative particle, used for direct address)
Old Armenian
Etymology
Alternative form of ո (o, “who”), used before vowels.
Pronoun
ո՞վ • (o?v)
- (interrogative) who?
- ո՞վ ոք ― o?v okʻ ― who?
- ո՞վ ի ձէնջ ― o?v i jēnǰ ― who amongst you?
- ո՞վ է դա, ո՞վ է այրդ ― o?v ē da, o?v ē ayrd ― who is this man? what man is that?
- ոյր է պատկերս ― oyr ē patkers ― whose likeness is this?
- ո՞վ ես դու ― o?v es du ― who are you?
- զո՞վ առաւել սիրես ― zo?v aṙawel sires ― which do you like best?
- ո՞վ եւ ո՞վ իցեն որ երթայցեն ― o?v ew o?v icʻen or ertʻaycʻen ― who will go?
- who, that, he that, whoever
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ով (ov) | ոյք (oykʻ) |
| genitive | ոյր (oyr) | ո (o) |
| dative | ում (um) | ոյց (oycʻ) |
| accusative | ով (ov) | ոյս (oys) |
| ablative | ումէ, ումմէ (umē, ummē) | ոյց (oycʻ) |
| instrumental | որով* (orov*) | որովք* (orovkʻ*) |
| locative | ում (um) | ոյս (oys) |
- this pronoun has no instrumental forms; they are filled by instrumentals of որ (or)
Interjection
ով • (ov)
- O (vocative particle, used for direct address)
- Ո՛վ Տէր Աստուած ― Óv Tēr Astuac ― O Lord!
Derived terms
- յով (yov)
Descendants
- Armenian: ով (ov)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ով”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ով”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ով”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy